Who is Dr. Lynne Fenton?

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Dr. Lynne Fenton reportedly sees between 15 and 20 graduate students per week for treatment.

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Fenton is director of student mental health services at the U. of Colorado's Aurora campus

Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes was her patient, according to a court document

Fenton has won various grants and contracts to study schizophrenia since 2008

Dr. Lynne Fenton, a University of Colorado psychiatrist, had Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes as a patient before last week's movie theater rampage, according to a court document filed Friday.

Her name came to light as attorneys for Holmes filed a request to have a package their client sent her handed over. They argue Holmes' communications with Fenton are protected as he was her patient.

Various attempts to contact Fenton on Friday were unsuccessful.

Fenton is the director of student mental health services at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, and an assistant professor, according to a resume posted on the school's website.

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Cynthia Davis, center, visits the roadside memorial set up for victims of the Colorado shooting massacre across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Monday, July 30, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado. Twelve people were killed in the theater early July 20, 2012, during a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises." Suspect James Holmes was taken into custody shortly after the attack. More photos: Colorado movie theater shooting

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People visit the roadside memorial set up for victims of the massacre on Monday.

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Visitors pray around a cross at the memorial across the street from the theater on Saturday, July 28.

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Jeremy Blocker displays a new tattoo honoring the victims.

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Members of Alex Sullivan's family embrace at a memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Thursday, July 26.

A couple embraces as "Dark Knight Rises" star Christian Bale and his wife, Sandra Blazic, wait to place flowers at the memorial on Tuesday.

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Bale places flowers at the memorial while other mourners look on.

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Visitors pay tribute Tuesday, July 24, at the makeshift memorial.

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A cross stands at the makeshift memorial for victims across the street from the Century 16 theater on Tuesday.

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Greg Zanis of Aurora, Illinois, carries two of the 12 crosses he made for a makeshift memorial to the victims of last weekend's mass shooting at the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday, July 22.

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Greg Zanis writes the names of the victims of last weekend's mass shooting on the crosses before erecting them at the memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday. Zanis, a carpenter, drove all night from Illinois to deliver the crosses.

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Parishioners pray during morning Mass, remembering victims of the theater shooting, at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church on Sunday.

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Angie Terry of Alabama prays next to a white wooden cross erected for victims.

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A man pauses before the crosses at the memorial near the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday.

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President Barack Obama embraces Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper as Sen. Mark Udall, left, and Sen. Michael Bennet look on during a visit to the University of Colorado Hospital on Sunday.

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Mourners bow their heads in prayer during the vigil for the victims of the Aurora shooting.

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A woman is overcome with emotion during the vigil.

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Tiffany Garcia, right, and her 6-year-old daughter, Angelina Garcia, cry on Saturday, July 21, as they look at a memorial for the victims of Friday's shooting.

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People pray at a cross erected at the makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 theater on Saturday.

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Family, friends and former classmates of movie theater shooting victim A.J. Boik gather for a memorial service at Gateway High School on Saturday.

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Boik and his girlfriend were at the midnight showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises' when a gunman killed Boik and 11 other people.

Eman Alexander, 17, pins a ribbon on his shirt while joining family, friends and former classmates to honor shooting victim A.J. Boik.

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Denise Toepel of Denver sheds tears while visiting a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday, July 21.

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Handwritten signs decorate the makeshift memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday.

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Gerald Wright, 24, relights candles that have blown out at the victims' memorial across from the movie theater.

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Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jajuan Mangual lowers the American flag on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush to half-mast on Saturday. One U.S. Navy sailor was killed in the shooting and another injured.

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Two women mourn near the theater on Saturday.

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Alicia Prevette, left, and Paul Stepherson attend a vigil for the victims Friday at the Century 16 movie theater.

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A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial where the victims of the massacre are mourned.

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Mourners hold hands at a vigil near the theater.

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Mourners hug as they grieve the loss of the victims.

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A group of teenagers stand behind a sign that reads "Strength."

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Dara Anderson, left, and Monique Anderson cry during a candlelight vigil across the street from the crime scene.

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As director, a position she's held since 2009, Fenton sees between 15 and 20 graduate students per week for medication and psychotherapy, coordinates a team of four mental health clinicians, supervises some residents who treat students, and lectures. She also serves as a psychiatrist for between five and 10 patients, the resume states.

University spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery said Friday the school had no immediate comment.

Fenton has held many jobs over the years. She worked as a physician in private practice in Denver from 1994 to 2005, and was chief of physical medicine with the U.S. Air Force in San Antonio, Texas, in the early 1990s, according to the resume. Since 2008, she's won various grants and contracts to study schizophrenia.

Fenton did her undergraduate work at the University of California, Davis and earned her medical degree from Chicago Medical School in 1986.

Holmes is accused of opening fire inside a crowded midnight screening of the new Batman film last week, killing 12 people and wounding more than 50.